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asteroid_b_612 t1_j9q2by7 wrote

We don’t need more expensive ass apartments catering to rich students who come from out of town. We NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ACTUAL FULL TIME RESIDENTS OF PROVIDENCE!!!! Brown and every other university has been buying up whatever parcels of land they can to build more dorms and college buildings.

Residents should have priority over 4year visitors but who the fuck cares when the college students have way more money to blow.

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fishythepete t1_j9q5axw wrote

Hey moron - there are now 50 fewer rich college kids you’re fighting for housing. You’re welcome.

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total_life_forever t1_j9r0uop wrote

the university has room for 50 more students in their dorms now.

(I know that's simplifying things a bit, but if more student housing is built off campus, who's to say the university doesn't just admit more students and continue to allow off-campus landlords to subsidize their housing issues.)

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Avalanchebagel t1_j9uda4o wrote

The issue currently is that Brown has a 3-year residency requirement, but not enough housing to make that happen. They want only seniors living off campus but have to allow juniors to get out as well. We had a little crisis last year when too many seniors opted to live on campus and they had to give last-minute permission to more juniors to even it out.

But they’re about to finish the second and third of 3 new dorm buildings this fall, hoping to push the number of juniors off-campus down even further. Along with that, they say(probably take this with a grain of salt) that there is no plan to admit more students per year in the foreseeable future.

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asteroid_b_612 t1_j9q5hjo wrote

Why are they prioritizing approving buildings like this when they hem and haw over any affordable housing?

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mrvis t1_j9qec9k wrote

Are you really asking why money talks? In America?

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cowperthwaite OP t1_j9r3c04 wrote

What do you mean prioritizing?

This was a private developer who chose to do market rate.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_j9tu0ry wrote

This point would be a lot better if you could point to some affordable developments that are being stalled because it isn't getting approved. Problem is, those places don't exist.

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Sarcofaygo t1_j9qanxl wrote

4 year visitors? It's called COLLEGE HILL and one block from THAYER. Get a grip.

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